"Peace Pipeline" for India and Pakistan

India and Pakistan signed a natural gas agreement with Turkmenistan to engineer a $7.6 billion pipeline through Afghanistan which will yearly provide 33 billion cubic metres of gas to meet both countries growing energy demands.

The energy agreement, which director-general of the Central and West Asia Department at the Asian Development Bank refers to as “Peace Pipeline”, reflects the improving ties between the neighbors following previous conflict that has enveloped the south Asia region. The US hopes better ties will help lift the situation in Afghanistan which served as proxy battleground between the two.